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Verse Genesis 29:9. _RACHEL CAME WITH HER FATHER'S SHEEP_] So we find
that young women were not _kept concealed in the house_ till the time
they were married, which is the common gloss put on עלמה _a...
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- Jacob’s Marriage
6. רחל _rāchēl_, Rachel, “a ewe.”
16. לאה _lê'âh_, Leah, “wearied.”
24. זלפה _zı̂lpâh_, Zilpah, “drop?”
29. בלהה _bı̂lhâh_, Bilhah, “timidity.”
32. ראוּבן
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CHAPTER 29 JACOB WITH LABAN
_ 1. Jacob's arrival at Padan-aram (Genesis 29:1)_
2. His service for Rachel (Genesis 29:15)
3. Laban's deception (Genesis 29:21)
4. Jacob receives Rachel ...
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JACOB SERVES SEVEN YEARS FOR RACHEL. LABAN SUBSTITUTES LEAH AND
SECURES FOURTEEN YEARS'SERVICE IN EXCHANGE FOR THE TWO. Apart from
bits of P (Genesis 29:24; Genesis 29:28_ b_, Genesis 29:29) the
secti...
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HER FATHER'S SHEEP. Shepherds usually slaves, younger sons, or
daughters. Compare David, 1 Samuel 17:13.Exodus 2:16; Exodus 2:17.
Note exception. Genes
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PART FORTY-ONE
THE STORY OF JACOB: HIS EXPERIENCES IN PADDAN-ARAM
(Genesis 29:1 to Genesis 31:16)
The Biblical Account
1. Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the
children of the...
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_AND WHILE HE YET SPAKE WITH THEM, RACHEL CAME WITH HER FATHER'S
SHEEP: FOR SHE KEPT THEM._
While he yet spake ... Rachel came. Among the pastoral tribes the
young unmarried daughters of the greatest...
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JACOB IN MESOPOTAMIA WITH LABAN
The divine care and blessing promised to Jacob at Bethel (Genesis
28:15) are illustrated in the narrative of the sojourn of the
patriarch at Haran, which apparently las...
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GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
CHAPTER 29
JACOB MEETS RACHEL
V1 Then Jacob continued his journey. He came to the land where the
people in the east lived. V2 As he looked, he saw a well...
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THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
Abraham begat Isaac — The _Tôldôth_ in its original form gave
probably a complete genealogy of Isaac, tracing up his des...
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RACHEL CAME WITH HER FATHER’S SHEEP. — Comp. Exodus 2:16; and so
in modern times Mr. Malan saw “the sheik’s daughter, the beautiful
and well-favoured Ladheefeh, drive her flock of fine patriarchal
she...
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עֹודֶ֖נּוּ מְדַבֵּ֣ר עִמָּ֑ם וְ
רָחֵ֣ל ׀ בָּ֗אָה...
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JACOB IN LABAN'S HOME
Genesis 29:1
Well might Jacob lift up his feet! See margin. When we are sure of God
we receive strength that enables us to _run_ with patience the race
that is set before us. Th...
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Pursuing his journey after his experience at Luz, now called Beth-el,
Jacob came into "the land of the children of the east." Here the next
twenty years of his life were to be spent, during which he a...
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THE DECEIVER IS DECEIVED
When Jacob came to a well in a field in northern Mesopotamia, he
inquired where he was. He learned he was near Haran and soon met
Rachel, his uncle Laban's daughter, who was c...
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She. Hebrew _He, ipsa. Eva is put for Eia, the letters being similar,
chap. iii. 15. (Haydock) --- Other copies agree with the Vulgate and
the Septuagint (Calmet)_...
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Having already shown the position of Isaac, I resume briefly with the
remark that he stands before us clearly as the representative of the
Son, and this too as dead, risen, and in heaven. All will und...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 29 THROUGH 35.
I have no doubt that in the two wives, as I have said, we have the
Gentiles and Israel: Rachel first loved on the earth, but not
possessed; but...
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AND WHILE HE YET SPAKE WITH THEM,.... While Jacob was thus discoursing
with the shepherds:
RACHEL CAME WITH HER FATHER'S SHEEP; to water them at the well. She
was within sight when Jacob first addres...
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_And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's
sheep: for she kept them._
Ver. 9. _For she kept them._] Leah might be left at home, for the
tenderness of her eyes. A man is to see t...
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_For she kept them_ Having, no doubt, servants under her who performed
the meaner and more laborious offices, and whom it was her place to
oversee. When Jacob understood that this was his kinswoman Ra...
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1 Iacob commeth to the well of Haran.
9 He taketh acquaintance of Rachel.
13 Laban enterteineth him.
18 Iacob couenanteth for Rachel.
23 He is deceiued with Leah.
28 He marrieth also Rachel, and...
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Jacob Meets Rachel...
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And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep;
for she kept them. Rachel was a shepherdess of her father, just as the
virgin daughters of the Arabians are to this day....
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SECOND SECTION
_Jacob’s wives and children. Jacob and Rachel, Laban’s youngest
daughter. First and second treaty with Laban. His involuntary
consummation of marriage with Leah. The double marriage. L...
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JACOB MEETS RACHEL AND LABAN
After many days of travel Jacob came to the land of his relatives. He
could not phone to find his directions to their home, nor did he have
any street and house number, bu...
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9-14 See Rachel's humility and industry. Nobody needs to be ashamed of
honest, useful labour, nor ought it to hinder any one's preferment.
When Jacob understood that this was his kinswoman, he was ver...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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These Chapter s present to us the history of Jacob at least, the
principal scenes in that history. The Spirit of God here sets before
us the deepest instruction, first, as to God's purpose of infinite...
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Genesis 29:9 still H5750 speaking H1696 (H8764) Rachel H7354 came H935
(H8804) fathers H1 sheep H6629 shepherdess...
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‘While he yet spoke with them Rachel came with her father's sheep,
for she looked after them. And so it happened that when Jacob saw
Rachel, the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep o...
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CONTENTS: Jacob and Laban, two bargain makers, meet.
CHARACTERS: Jacob, Laban, Rachael, Leah, Reuben, Levi, Judah.
CONCLUSION: The believer who has erred may not be forsaken of God, but
he is permit...
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Genesis 29:1. _Jacob went on his journey._ Our version fails here to
express the lively sense of the Hebrew, as in most versions. _Levabit
pedes;_ he tripped along with light feet, being now assured t...
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_Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people
of the east_
JACOB’S EXPERIENCE ON HIS JOURNEY
I. THAT GOD’S PRESENCE WITH HIM MADE HIS DUTIES AND HIS TROUBLES
LIGHT. He who ca...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 29:1 There are similarities between this
passage and the earlier journey of Abraham’s servant to Paddan-aram
to find a wife for Isaac (ch. Genesis 24:1). While both accounts in...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 29:1. Went on his journey.] Heb. _Lifted up his feet._ (See
Psalms 74:3.) The idea is that he journeyed with alacrity. _Rashi_,
the Jewish commentator, says, “his heart was el...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 29:1
THEN JACOB WENT ON HIS JOURNEY (literally, _lifted up his feet—a
_graphic description of traveling. Inspired by new hopes, and
conscious of loftier aims than when he fled from...
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Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the people of
the east. And he looked, behold there was a well in the field, and,
there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that...
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She kept her father's sheep — She took the care of them, having
servants under her that were employed about them when he understood
that this was his kinswoman (probably he had heard of her name befor...